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Updated: 5:11 PM CDT Apr 11, 2020

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NOW. PORSHA: MANY HEALTH CARE WORKERS OUT HERE STILL SMILING FROM THE SHOW OF GRATITUDE. THIS VIDEO SHOWING A LOOK INTO THE EVENT. AS YOU CAN SEE, SEVERAL WERE DRIVING BY WITH SIGNS SAYING THANK YOU. THIS ONE READS -- YOU ALL ARE THE REAL MVPS. THE HEAD COACH, LINCOLN RILEY, TELLING ME IT WAS THE LEAST THEY COULD DO TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION AS THOSE HERE RISK THEIR OWN HEALTH TO HELP PROTECT US. >> THESE PEOPLE ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THEIR LINE THAT ON THE LINE. THEY ARE AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES. ANYWAY WE COULD SHOW GRATITUDE WHETHER IT IS STAYING AT HOME AND ABIDING BY THE DIFFERENT ROLES AND REGULATIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION. WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM. >> ANY GESTURE OF SUPPORT MEANS SO MUCH TO THEM ESPECIALLY ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. PORSHA:

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OU football coaches show support for health care workers at Norman Regional Healthplex

People all over are finding creative ways to show support and appreciation for health care workers as they battle COVID-19 on the front lines.On Saturday, OU football coaches and their families drove by Norman Regional Healthplex to show their appreciation, leaving many health care workers smiling from the show of gratitude. Several signs at the hospital also expressed people's thanks, with one reading "You're the real MVPs."OU football coach Lincoln Riley told KOCO 5 it's the least he, his staff and their families could do to show their appreciation as health care workers risk their own health to help and protect patients."These people are putting their lives on the line," Riley said. "They're away from their families. They're not sleeping very often. They're doing so much for all of us right now, so any small way that we could show our gratitude -- you know, whether it's staying home, abiding by the different rules and regulations or something like this -- we have to support them because they're supporting all of us.""Any gesture of support means so much to them, especially on a holiday weekend," said Brittni McGill, chief nursing officer at Norman Regional.The OU football program also made goody bags for workers, saying the plan is to continue their show of support any way they can.

NORMAN, Okla. —

People all over are finding creative ways to show support and appreciation for health care workers as they battle COVID-19 on the front lines.

On Saturday, OU football coaches and their families drove by Norman Regional Healthplex to show their appreciation, leaving many health care workers smiling from the show of gratitude. Several signs at the hospital also expressed people's thanks, with one reading "You're the real MVPs."

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OU football coach Lincoln Riley told KOCO 5 it's the least he, his staff and their families could do to show their appreciation as health care workers risk their own health to help and protect patients.

"These people are putting their lives on the line," Riley said. "They're away from their families. They're not sleeping very often. They're doing so much for all of us right now, so any small way that we could show our gratitude -- you know, whether it's staying home, abiding by the different rules and regulations or something like this -- we have to support them because they're supporting all of us."

"Any gesture of support means so much to them, especially on a holiday weekend," said Brittni McGill, chief nursing officer at Norman Regional.

The OU football program also made goody bags for workers, saying the plan is to continue their show of support any way they can.